Micromax A116 or the Lava Xolo A1000?

Lava Mobiles have launched a dual SIM 5 inch android phone with Jelly Bean OS with 1GB RAM for a price of Rs. 13,999. The key highlight is the 1280×720 pixels resolution and 8MP camera.

For the same price you can get the Micromax Canvas HD A116. So what is the difference between these two handsets? Let’s find out.

The lava Xolo A1000
The screen is 5 inches with 1280×720 pixels resolution, 1GB RAM and 4GB internal storage with micro SD support. There is 8MP rear camera and a 1.2MP front camera. The handset is powered by a 1GHz Dual core MediaTek processor (MT6577) the same that powered the Micromax A110. Battery is 2100 mAh capacity.

The Micromax A116
This again comes with a 5 inch screen with 1280×720 pixels resolution, 1GB RAM, 4GB internal storage and microSD support. There is 8MP camera and a front 2MP camera. The A116 is powered by a quad core processor. The battery is of 2000 mAh capacity.

The A116 or the Xolo A1000?
I have already done the review of A116 and we know the full capabilities of this handset. The Micromax A116 is definitely the best options, for the following reasons – do note the price of both the handsets is the same.

Its quad core!. – The A1000 is dual core.

The 8MP camera can shoot videos in 1080p resolution. – The A1000 can record only up to 720p resolution.

The A116 can play full HD (1080p) videos. The A1000 can play only up to 720p resolution.

The A1000 comes with a slightly higher battery capacity 2100 mAh as compared to 2000 on A116, but that will hardly matter. So in all it makes sense to go for the Canvas HD.

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Anees

June 5, 2013 at 9:58 pm

Dear gogi,
your comparison is quite decent between Micromax canvas HD A 116 and Xolo A 1000 .
I have already a micromax canvas HD A 116 but its loudspeaker`s volume and ringtone volume so low. can u tell me About xolo A 1000`s sound comparison than Canvas HD A 116 . Plz

Hi Gogi am really disappointed after reading ur review of xolo a1000.How did u write this review and provided wrong details about xolo a1000?have u ever used this phone?without using u have given a wrong review about a good product.I am using xolo a1000 & giving my review about this sooper phone
display:
the display is really gorgeous and stunning the colors are really vivid and color saturation also excellent.The icons are floating on the screen its a glassy silky display.Touch response is really smooth u feel like touching a dairy millk chocolate whitout removing the cover that much silky xperience.I compared with canvas hd’s display,xolo a1000 is Streets far better than canvas hd.canvas hd s nowhere near to a1000 in this section

Camera:
The 8mpx shooter is just awesum.Really the camera is better than S2 & S3 and equal to Note2’s camera(even the low light photos are better in a1000 than Note2 because of BSI sensor in a1000).I installed ‘cymera’ software and its really producing stunning images which can challenge note2 and better than Note2 (opposer pls try this and add ur comments).Canvas hd’s camera is really poor and it seems like a local vga camera.Xolo a1000 is a clear winner in this section no comparison to it’s camera quality

Sound quality:
This phone produces amazing sound quality its crystal clear and smooth.The head phone producing stunning sound and great listening experience.If u add power amp then u will feel like u r having sony sound system.loud speakers & head phones both are doing a fantastic job.Canvas hd cant even touch a1000’s feet in this section

Battery:
a1000 has 2100 mah battery and the phone battery withstands the whole day and more exactly 32 hours and more.But canvas hd’s battery is really poor all know this well

Performance:
I do agree canvas hd clearly wins in this section.Xolo a1000 produces a decent performance.u can ask then y did u buy a1000.i have answer for u
i need best display best camera best sound best build quality best battery and a decent performance and a1000 has everything but canvas has only performance so i dont need only performance i need everyting that a1000 possesses.
You must reply for my post (before u reply u try a1000 and tell me)

Xolo is not a product of Lava, it is a product world famous company Intel. Lava is just into marketing of Xolo. Micromax Canvas HD is a Chinese mobile- Beidou Chi. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh many countries import it from china and sell in their country with their level micromax (india), qmobile(pakistan) etc.

one more thing i want to add about xolo a1000 that on the box it was written 8 mega pixel camera but in camera setting it shows upto 12 megapixel camera. surprise that even xolo dont know that which hardware they are incorporating in their phone. the only good phone of this phone is its look. other wise its a laggy phone just a dual sim phone not a smart phone.

dear gogi, i always see your review but not after seeing this review about canvas hd. I feel that u don’t see display quality of xolo a1000 which has gorilla glass & canvas hd has not .but in all in your review you always says canvas is better then a1000..i don’t know why u r saying this?

dear gogi.. this is the first time m seeing ur reviews and indeed those were pretty good. but u mentioned “both devices have the same price i.e. 14k”. First canvas HD isn’t available anywhere for the last couple of weeks and second the price is hiked by almost 2 to 2.5k. So if the datas are correct is it worth to go for A1000 than HD. Feel free if I am incorrect.

dear gogi, why didnt you mention that xolo A1000 comes with a OGS( one glass solution) technology, and even it is playing 1080 ppi videos via mx player, camera is 12 mega pixels, and physical asthetics are also much better than canvas HD.

I bought Karbon 9+ mobile with ICS. I have more than 11000 contacts. The mobile used to freeze when I tried to open contacts or any application which had to access contacts.
Than I downloaded DW contacts. My contacts and all other application work wonders with contacts.
I want to know if I add another 40000 contacts to my phone how will it perform. Do I need to buy another mobile. What is importance of RAM in all this.
A review from contacts point of view is most important in all phones. A high resolution without basic functionality will make the phone useless.

Hi Gogi sir,
I had a query regarding MMX A116
I read your review and comments given by fellow enthusiasts
I found that in MMX A116 we are unable to move apps to external sd card
So then what uis the use of providing the expandable sd card slot upto 32gb if we are unable to move apps ?

Hi, gogi Micromax is always compromising on battery , MMX 116 is quad core which means it consumes more battery , but they offered only 2000 mah which is a moderate usage , in this price range salora power maxx z1 is much better , it has 3200 mah battery with latest technology .

if you are heavy gamer go for xolo a1000 or spice mi 530 because both device has install app to external storage micromax canvas hd install game in internal storage that is very low so go for xolo a1000 if you are heavy gamer or wait for canvas 3 or a90x

hi Gogi
one thing u forget to mention that
xolo a1000 has got ARM 9 processor
where as canvas has got ARM 7
also if my xolo a800 is able to play
1080 p videos with mx player then i think xolo a1000 also should play 1080 p videos

See I have downloaded some songs from you tube in MPEG-4(AVI) format and in 1080p Quality from you tube downloader.
frame width is 1920 and frame height is 1080 of these videos
and it’s playing perfectly in my xolo using MX player

mmax has gone greedy..phone should be near about 12000rs..there is no difference between mmax nd Samsung..both are overpricing in their respective categories.. look for Chinese companies like umi, jeayu, ioean etc. they will teach lesson to mmax nd other India brands who are overpricing their phones with outdated technology…

quad core Cortex A7 vs dual core Cortex A9. Despite A9 being faster on paper, A7 has underwent quite a bit of optimization just like A5 before getting launched so it should be 80% as fast as A9. now as it is quadcore, and if properly gated, the power consumption should be lot less and performance should get past A9.

On the GPU side its even more bad for A1000: PowerVR SGX531 (same performance as Qualcomm’s Adreno 205) vs SGX544 (singlecore still should match if not beat Adreno 305).